 Benares, andi in other places, wear very thin plates of gold, called ticas, slightly fixed, by way of ornament, between their eye-brows ; and, when they pass through the streets, it is not uncommon for the youthful libertines, who amuse themselves with...  Arcana of Science and Art: Or, An Annual Register of Useful Inventions and ... - Pagina 2141830Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | James Anderson - 1792 - 394 pagine
...uncommon for the youthful libertines, who amuse themselves with training bayas,. to give them a signal which they understand, and send them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their mistrefses, which they bring in triumph, to the lovers. This is a truly singular instance of docility... | |
 | 1792 - 784 pagine
...libertines, who amufe themftlves with training Baya's, to give them a fign which they undcrftand, and lend them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their miftrefles,» which they bring in tiiumph te the level's. The Baya feeds natu» rally on grafb-hoppers... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1793 - 636 pagine
...libertines, who amufe themfelves with training Baya's, to give them a fign which they underftand, and fend them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their miftrefles, which they bring in triumph to the lovers.' On the DiffeBlon of the Pangolin. By ADAM BURT,... | |
 | 1793 - 612 pagine
...libertines, who amufe themfelves with training Baya's, to give them a fign which they underftand, and fend them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their miftreffes, which they bring in triumph to the lovers.' On the Dij/еЯгвп of the Pangolin* By ADAM... | |
 | James Anderson - 1792 - 386 pagine
...uncommon for the youthful libertines, who amuse themselves with training bayas,, to give them a signal which they understand, and send them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their mistrefses, which they bring in triumph to the lovers. This is a truly singular instance of docility... | |
 | Edward Moor - 1794 - 562 pagine
...libertines, who amufe themfelves with training bayas, to give them a fign which they underftand, and fend them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their miftrefles, which 4 they they bring in triumph to the lovers. The baya feeds naturally on grafs-* hoppers,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 422 pagine
...libertines, who amufe themfelves with training bay::s, to give them a fignal, which they underftand, and fend them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their miftrefTes, which they bring in triumph to the lovers. The baya feeds naturaUy on grafshoppers and... | |
 | Asiatick Society (Calcutta, India) - 1801 - 540 pagine
...libertines» .who amufe themfeives with training Bayas, to give them a fign, which they underjtand, and fend them to pluck the pieces of gold from the foreheads of their miftrefies, which they bring in triumph to the lovers. — The Baya feeds naturally on grafshoppers... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 322 pagine
...their eye-brows. *2 2662901] g di p fi foreheads of their mistresses as they pass through the streets. The baya feeds naturally on grasshoppers and other...His flesh is warm and drying, of easy digestion, and sometimes recommended as a solvent of stone in the bladder or kidneys ; but of that virtue there is... | |
 | William Bingley - 1803 - 606 pagine
...for the youthful libertines, who amuse themselves with training these Birds, to give them a signal, which they understand, and send them to pluck the...mistresses, which they bring in triumph to the lovers." THE SOCIABLE GKOSBEAK.* The Sociable Grosbeaks are inhabitants of the interior country at the Cape of Good... | |
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